BlackLine (BL) Competitors

nCino (NASDAQ:NCNO) and BlackLine (NASDAQ:BL) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk and volatility, NCNO or BL?

nCino has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackLine has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend NCNO or BL?

nCino presently has a consensus target price of $35.91, indicating a potential upside of 12.25%. BlackLine has a consensus target price of $64.10, indicating a potential upside of 9.65%. Given BlackLine's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe nCino is more favorable than BlackLine.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
nCino	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
BlackLine	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.08

Is NCNO or BL more profitable?

BlackLine has a net margin of 2.30% compared to BlackLine's net margin of -8.89%. nCino's return on equity of 9.07% beat BlackLine's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
nCino	-8.89%	0.31%	0.25%
BlackLine	2.30%	9.07%	1.03%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NCNO or BL?

BlackLine received 335 more outperform votes than nCino when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.24% of users gave BlackLine an outperform vote while only 49.58% of users gave nCino an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
nCino	Outperform Votes 59 49.58%	Underperform Votes 60 50.42%
BlackLine	Outperform Votes 394 63.24%	Underperform Votes 229 36.76%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NCNO or BL?

94.8% of nCino shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of BlackLine shares are held by institutional investors. 38.2% of nCino shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of BlackLine shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer NCNO or BL?

In the previous week, BlackLine had 1 more articles in the media than nCino. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for BlackLine and 5 mentions for nCino. nCino's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat BlackLine's score of 0.69 indicating that BlackLine is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
nCino	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BlackLine	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, NCNO or BL?

BlackLine has higher revenue and earnings than nCino. nCino is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackLine, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
nCino	$476.54M	7.68	-$42.35M	-$0.38	-84.18
BlackLine	$608.47M	5.94	$58.17M	$0.23	254.17

Summary

BlackLine beats nCino on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.